Dawn was born and raised a child of missionaries in the Philippines. She grew up there until she came to the U.S. for college. It was during her college years that she came to believe that art was her calling in life.

She likes to live a quiet life with her three little girls and her engineer husband but finds that every once in a while it's nice to share her art with others.

Dawn gives an Art Talk to churches, colleges and seminaries about how God can be communicated in art. She finds the greatest fulfillment in sharing her love for art and her love for God.

When she's not giving a talk she's out sharing the art in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex. She enjoys Art Fairs such as Cottonwood and Artscape at the Arboretum.

Her art is collected by many businesses as well as private owners. Some of which are: Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas Eye Care Associates and Dallas Baptist University. She is currently affiliated with Riverbend Fine Arts Gallery, Marble Falls, Texas.

Artist Statement

In my work I try to touch on the mystery of God by using the symbols of trees and skies. The sky is perpetually changing in its range of emotion through color and texture. I have, many times, looked at the sky and thought, "that's exactly how I feel." My sky paintings are not so much photographic as they are trying to be true to the emotion in the sky. When I paint trees I like to look at them as symbols. Just like with the sky as a symbol of emotion I use the trees to be symbols of people. I find that I am heavily influenced by my faith and the Bible. I have discovered vast amounts of symbolism in the Bible when it comes to trees and it excited me to take that metaphor into my own paintings. I hope someday to have a forest of metaphors and skies of all ardors.

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